2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Complaints

MANY STRANGE THINGS STARTED HAPPENING -- SOME INTERMITTENTLY. THE OPTIONS BUTTON SOMETIMES SHOWS "UNAVAILABLE"; AT OTHER TIMES, IT WORKS! THE PASSENGER WINDOW SUDDENLY STOPPED ROLLING UP COMPLETELY WHEN THE DOOR IS SHUT, AND MUST NOW BE CLOSED MANUALLY. THE "HEADS UP" SPEED PROJECTION STOPPED WORKING, BUT THEN STARTED WORKING AGAIN WITH A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION THAN WE HAD SET BEFORE. THE ENTIRE LEFT BANK OF BUTTONS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. DURING AN OIL CHANGE, THE DOORS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB APPROPRIATELY INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE; THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO SEND A DRIVER TO OUR HOME TO PICK UP THE OTHER KEY FOB IN ORDER TO MAKE THE LOCKS OPEN -- THEY SAID THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. A LOCAL DEALERSHIP/SERVICE CENTER IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE VEHICLE, AND WE HOPE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS/ISSUES WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. *TR

SINCE OWNERSHIP STARTING 09/28/12 I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE ILLUMINATE. IT IS INTERMITTENT AND COMES AND GOES RANDOMLY. I JUST GOT IT BACK FROM THE DEALER AFTER COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING SINCE THERE WERE NO CODES IN THE COMPUTER. I'M A MEMBER OF THE CORVETTE FORUM AND HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS POSTINGS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO BE THE CONNECTOR UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT THAT IS DESIGNED SO IT DRAGS AND CATCHES ON THE CARPET THUS MOVING THE CONNECTOR AND ITS WIRING. THE DEALER MADE NO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT CHEVROLET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ABOUT THIS AND JUST SENT ME ON MY WAY OUT THE DOOR. THEY DID NOT ATTEMPT TO CHECK THE WIRES UNDER THE SEAT WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THAT. ON ONE TRIP ABOUT A MONTH AGO I HAD A PASSENGER ON BOARD AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR SAID IT WAS STILL OFF WHEN HE WAS SITTING THERE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET CORVETTE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED. WITHOUT WARNING, THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.

CENTER CONSOLE ON 2013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT GRAND GETS VERY HOT WHEN DRIVING MORE THAN HALF HOUR. *TR

THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT APPEARS EVERY TIME I START THE CAR AND ILLUMINATES RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. *TR

INDICATOR LIGHT WARNING THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING BEGAN APPEARING INTERMITTENTLY. IT SEEMS TO COME ON AND OFF WHILE HITTING BUMPS OR BY READJUSTING THE SEAT BELT. *TR

PASSENGER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. INTERMITTENT LOCKING OF SEATBELT NOTICED PRIOR TO INCIDENT ON BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS. FAILURE INDICATES THAT SEATBELT MECHANISM WILL NOT FUNCTION IN AN ACCIDENT AND COULD CAUSE INJURY OR A FATALITY. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON MOST OF THE TIME. DID A SEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING PROBLEM. *TR

CAR PURCHASED IN MICHIGAN 01/21/2013. WHILE ON VACATION FROM MICHIGAN TO MONTANA TO CALIFORNIA BACK TO MICHIGAN VIA ROUTE 66 I ENCOUNTERED A REAR INTERIOR EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING PROBLEM. EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE UPPER 80'S TO UPPER 90'S THE TEMPERATURE OF THE CARPET AND ARM REST STORAGE AREA WOULD EXCEED 120 DEG. LIFT UP A SUITCASE OR PUT ARM ON CONSOLE STORAGE AREA WOULD BURN YOUR ARM OR HAND. IF YOU LIFTED THE SUITCASE AND TOUCHED THE BOTTOM OR ARM ON ARMREST WOULD BURN YOU HAND OR ARM. HEAT INSIDE STORAGE AREA EXCEEDED EST. OF 130 DEG AND BURNED SPOTS IN CELL PHONE SCREEN AND COMPUTER IN SUITCASE MELTED HARD DRIVE AND RUINED COMPUTER. THE AC ON INTERIOR HEAT WAS APPROX 75 DEGS, I HAVE A PRIVACY CURTAIN COVERING THE REAR STORAGE AREA THUS MAKING IT MUCH COOLER THAN ONE WITHOUT IT. ANYTHING TOUCHING CARPET IN REAR, INSIDE ARM REST OR PUTTING YOUR ARM ON THE REST WOULD BURN IT. YOU COULD NOT TOUCH UNDER SUITCASE OR HAVE SKIN TOUCHING THE REST WOULD BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. EXCESSIVE HEAT COMING FROM UNDER VEHICLE INTO THE TUNNEL WHERE TRANSMISSION AND EXHAUST ARE LOCATED DAMAGED THOSE ITEMS. THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT INSULATION UNDER CARPET OR UNDER VEHICLE TUNNEL CAUSES EXCESSIVE OVERHEATING. THERE NEEDS TO HAVE MORE INSULATION UNDER CARPET OR UNDER VEHICLE IN THE TUNNEL. ALL OTHER SURFACES IN CAR WERE NOT EFFECTED. UNDER FLOOR MATS WAS BARELY WARM TO THE TOUCH. *JS

FAILURE BY GENERAL MOTORS TO DISCLOSE THAT THE OEM TIRES DELIVERED WITH A NEW 32013 CORVETTE GRAND SPORT ARE UNSAFE IF USED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 42 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. FAILURE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECTIVE CONDITION AFTER BEING PUT ON NOTICE AND REQUESTS FOR SAFE TIRES IGNORED. I KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM SO I CAN AVOID THE DANGER. YOU MUST RECALL ALL THESE CARS BECAUSE NOT ALL OWNERS ARE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM (I STUMBLED UPON IT BY ACCIDENT--IT IS DISCLOSED NO WHERE IS ANY SALES LITERATURE OR THE OWNERS MANUAL FOR THE CAR OR ANYWHERE ELSE THAT I AM AWARE OF AND I HAVE LOOKED AND ASKED CHEVROLET AND THEY IGNORED MY QUESTION) AND THEY TAKE THEIR LIVES AND THOSE OF INNOCENT BYSTANDERS IN THEIR HANDS IF THEY USE THE CAR BELOW 42 DEGREES F. WHERE I LIVE THAT IS 6 MONTHS OF THE YEAR. I HAVE EXTENSIVE CORRESPONDENCE WITH CHEVROLET IN WHICH THEY ADMIT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT SO I AM OUT OF LUCK AND INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL BE KILLED AND GM COULD CARE LESS. I WILL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOU, AND ENCOURAGE IT. THIS IS ABSOLUTE UNMITIGATED ARROGANCE ION GM'S PART AND SHOWS A CALLOUS AND WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR THE LIVES OF THEIR INNOCENT PURCHASERS AND BYSTANDERS AND MUST BE STOPPED. *TR